Official Number: 215988
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Low Walker
Launched: 28 August 1913
Pennant No: Y 7.203
Into Service: WW1
Out of service: 1918
Fate: 1948 broken up
Items of historic interest involving this ship: –
Background Data: One of an additional group of ships requisitioned by the Admiralty during WW1 to augment the ships of the RFA
Career Data:
20 August 1913 launched by Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd., Low Walker as Yard Nr: 904 named Edward L Doheny for Petroleum Carriers Ltd., Newcastle
22 August 1913 the Jarrow Express newspaper reported …
September 1913 completed
1914 owners became Petroleum Transport Co Inc., Los Angeles – name unchanged
WW1 acquired for Admiralty service as an Oiler – name unchanged
25 April 1915 when on passage from Tampico to Brazil sighted by the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS CARNARVON
HMS CARNARVON
13 May 1915 sighted by the Armed Merchant cruiser HMS EDINBURGH CASTLE and exchanged signals
HMS EDINBURGH CASTLE
20 February 1918 sailed New York in an escorted convoy with 26 other merchant ships and escorted by the Armed Merchant Cruiser HMS ARLANZA
25 February 1918 became a stragler in the escorted convoy (see above). HMS ARLANZA returned to escort her to rejoin the convoy
1918 owners became Pan American Petroleum & Transport Co., Los Angeles – name unchanged
1933 owners became Pan American Foreign Corp., Wilmington – name unchanged
8 October 1935 sailed New York
26 January 1941 sailed Philadelphia independently
12 December 1941sailed Charleston, South Carolina independently to Baytown arriving 15 December 1941
17 December 1941 sailed Baytown independently to Philadelphia arriving 24 December 1941 and then onto Galveston arriving 2 January 1942
1943 time chartered to US War Shipping Administration – name unchanged
1948 reported broken up by Franklin Shipwrecking Co., Hillside, New Jersey